Best Oaxaca hostels
With a stay at Hostal las Americas in Oaxaca (Centro), you'll be steps from Rufino Tamayo Museum and Manuel Alvarez Bravo Photography Center (CFMAB). Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, luggage storage, and laundry facilities. A roundtrip airport shuttle is available for a surcharge.
Overall 8.9 Excellent
Based on 445 reviews
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Excellent
8.8
Pros: Everything is clean and tidy, room have enough plugs, bed light and locker. 2 bathroom & 2 washroom in dorm, have hot shower. Good location just 5 min walk to main plaza.
Excellent
10.0
Pros: Good location and very helpful staff
Excellent
10.0
Pros: The staff was very friendly ! Have a good location and very clean everything! Good showers and good beds
Excellent
10.0
Pros: Late checked in and breakfast with fresh brewed coffee in the morning.
Good
6.7
Pros: It was a convenient location.
Excellent
9.6
Pros: The staffs are so friendly and willing to help though they do not know English. The bed sheet is clean with good smell. Clean kitchen and toilet. Warm shower water.
Okay
5.0
Pros: The terrace on the roof is nice
Excellent
8.8
Pros: Location, breakfast and staff are great. Beds have their own night light and power outlet
Excellent
8.3
Pros: Basic accommodation, no air con, only a fan. Quite close to everything.
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Overall 8.9 Excellent
Based on 445 reviews
Location
9.3
Service
8.7
Amenities
8.2
Cleanliness
8.2
WiFi
8.2
Breakfast
8.0
Vibe
7.6
Room
6.8
Location
8.9
Service
8.1
Breakfast
7.6
Room
5.2
Comfort
5.1
8.8 Excellent
Pros: Everything is clean and tidy, room have enough plugs, bed light and locker. 2 bathroom & 2 washroom in dorm, have hot shower. Good location just 5 min walk to main plaza.
Cons: kitchen just have 2 stove, difficult to cook at the same time.
10.0 Excellent
Pros: Good location and very helpful staff
Cons: They allowed too many people to be booked into a room and one night there was a woman sleeping on a chair for whom there wasn’t enough beds... she snores!!!
10.0 Excellent
Pros: The staff was very friendly ! Have a good location and very clean everything! Good showers and good beds
Cons: The internet was bad
10.0 Excellent
Pros: Late checked in and breakfast with fresh brewed coffee in the morning.
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6.7 Good
Pros: It was a convenient location.
Cons: They had no room For me in the first night and then put me in one of the staff rooms and then when I was changing rooms, I had to wait forever. No English with staff.
9.6 Excellent
Pros: The staffs are so friendly and willing to help though they do not know English. The bed sheet is clean with good smell. Clean kitchen and toilet. Warm shower water.
Cons: There is no door between the washroom and sleeping room. It can be a bit disturbing if somebody is using the toilet during the sleeping hr.
5.0 Okay
Pros: The terrace on the roof is nice
Cons: I really felt like the staff was cold and that they were are there for the money.
8.8 Excellent
Pros: Location, breakfast and staff are great. Beds have their own night light and power outlet
Cons: Place didn't have any backpacker feel/vibe. Felt more like a hotel than a hostel. Not too many foreigners. Wifi is very poor. They charge an additional tax on top of the quoted booking.com price. They didn't allow me to check in earlier even though the bed was available. Can't put your own locks on the lockers. Cramped toilets. They charge too much for their tours
8.3 Excellent
Pros: Basic accommodation, no air con, only a fan. Quite close to everything.
Cons: They wouldn’t give me the price from booking for the second night, so I only stayed one night.
With a stay at Hostal las Americas in Oaxaca (Centro), you'll be steps from Rufino Tamayo Museum and Manuel Alvarez Bravo Photography Center (CFMAB). Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, luggage storage, and laundry facilities. A roundtrip airport shuttle is available for a surcharge.
Located in Oaxaca (Centro), La Leyenda Hostel is within a 15-minute walk of Oaxaca Cathedral and Zocalo Square. Featured amenities include a computer station, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
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Overall 8.7 Excellent
Based on 282 reviews
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Overall 8.7 Excellent
Based on 282 reviews
Amenities
9.7
Vibe
9.3
Service
9.3
Breakfast
9.1
Location
8.9
WiFi
8.7
Value
8.3
Cleanliness
8.1
Room
8.1
Comfort
8.0
Located in Oaxaca (Centro), La Leyenda Hostel is within a 15-minute walk of Oaxaca Cathedral and Zocalo Square. Featured amenities include a computer station, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
With a stay at La Villada Inn - Hostel in Oaxaca, you'll be within a 10-minute drive of Oaxaca Cathedral and Zocalo Square. The front desk is staffed during limited hours. Free self parking is available onsite.
Overall 8.6 Excellent
Based on 191 reviews
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Excellent
10.0
Good
7.1
Pros: It was like visiting the house of the grandparents in the country side, you could hear the rooster singing in the morning, the room with decorations very simple, traditional in a way . All the employees were very nice and kind.
Excellent
10.0
Pros: Wonderful place to stay! Welcoming family atmosphere, laid back vibe, everyone is so friendly and helpful. Great food, beautiful views. Nice pool area to relax in. Located on the edge of the city high up on a hill. Staff were super helpful with organizing taxis, tours and laundry service. For a very reasonable price we did a full day tour to Mitla, El Tule, Hierve del Agua and a Mezcaleria.
Good
7.5
Pros: The people running this hotel are super friendly and helpful. We got tour suggestions, help with the laundry or taxis. It is very easy to get to the centre. The cafe has good prices and is available all day. In general we can definitely recommend this hostel for the price. Some little things were only bothering us, see above.
Excellent
8.3
Okay
4.6
Excellent
10.0
Pros: Absolutely amazing. Lovely, efficient, welcoming staff. So clean and beautiful; well kept and taken care off. Great location & view. You couldn't ask for more.
Excellent
8.3
Pros: Our room was a casita in the garden, rustic but comfortable. The views from the property were great. The pool area was large and very relaxing. The small restaurant on site had some delicious Pozole. We liked the large porch with a hammock.
Excellent
10.0
Pros: Such a wonderful place, we didn’t want to leave. We stayed during day of the dead festivities and the family were so kind to let us join in making an altar with them. The family were so kind, funny, helpful, we loved them! Beautiful setting in the hills too. It’s such good value for money.
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Overall 8.6 Excellent
Based on 191 reviews
Value
10.0
Breakfast
10.0
Amenities
9.2
Food
9.1
Vibe
8.8
Pool
8.1
Service
8.0
Comfort
7.3
Room
6.8
Location
6.6
Cleanliness
2.0
10.0 Excellent
Pros:
Cons: I like everything.we enjoy the pool. And the food.
7.1 Good
Pros: It was like visiting the house of the grandparents in the country side, you could hear the rooster singing in the morning, the room with decorations very simple, traditional in a way . All the employees were very nice and kind.
Cons: The pool isn't like in the picture, the water must be changed or treated more often
10.0 Excellent
Pros: Wonderful place to stay! Welcoming family atmosphere, laid back vibe, everyone is so friendly and helpful. Great food, beautiful views. Nice pool area to relax in. Located on the edge of the city high up on a hill. Staff were super helpful with organizing taxis, tours and laundry service. For a very reasonable price we did a full day tour to Mitla, El Tule, Hierve del Agua and a Mezcaleria.
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7.5 Good
Pros: The people running this hotel are super friendly and helpful. We got tour suggestions, help with the laundry or taxis. It is very easy to get to the centre. The cafe has good prices and is available all day. In general we can definitely recommend this hostel for the price. Some little things were only bothering us, see above.
Cons: We were missing mosquito nets, got quite a lot of bites. The drain in the shower smelled very bad and the cupboards in the room were dirty.
8.3 Excellent
Pros:
Cons: The beds weren’t very comfortable.
4.6 Okay
Pros:
Cons: The owners must improve how they attend their guests
10.0 Excellent
Pros: Absolutely amazing. Lovely, efficient, welcoming staff. So clean and beautiful; well kept and taken care off. Great location & view. You couldn't ask for more.
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8.3 Excellent
Pros: Our room was a casita in the garden, rustic but comfortable. The views from the property were great. The pool area was large and very relaxing. The small restaurant on site had some delicious Pozole. We liked the large porch with a hammock.
Cons: The location was way up on the hill above town so a car or a long walk was necessary.
10.0 Excellent
Pros: Such a wonderful place, we didn’t want to leave. We stayed during day of the dead festivities and the family were so kind to let us join in making an altar with them. The family were so kind, funny, helpful, we loved them! Beautiful setting in the hills too. It’s such good value for money.
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With a stay at La Villada Inn - Hostel in Oaxaca, you'll be within a 10-minute drive of Oaxaca Cathedral and Zocalo Square. The front desk is staffed during limited hours. Free self parking is available onsite.
Paulina Youth Hostel is located in Oaxaca de Juárez, less than 10 minutes’ walk from the Main Square and the Oaxaca cathedral. Free WiFi access is available. This colonial-style property features rooms and dormitories with simple decoration. They can have a balcony, an outdoor dining area and views of the garden and the surrounding mountains. The full bathrooms are shared. Towels and linen will be provided. Paulina Youth Hostel has vending machines offering snacks and drinks. Oaxaca City Centre offers a wide variety of restaurants and places to enjoy typical cuisine of the region, Mexican dishes and international-style food. Breakfast is served on site. At Paulina Youth Hostel you will find a 24-hour front desk, a garden and a snack bar. Other facilities offered include a shared lounge, a tour desk and luggage storage. The property offers free parking. The property is 20 minutes’ drive from Monte Albán Archaeological Site, 40 minutes’ drive from Mitla and 15 minutes’ drive from the popular Tule Tree. These are some of the most attractive touristic spots around.
Overall 8.4 Excellent
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Excellent
9.6
Pros: The room was very clean and just paint. And the breakfast was very good. I recommend this hostel
Good
7.5
Pros: Breakfest was really good. The location of the hostel is very central and good. The team of the hostel is very informative and helpful.
Good
7.5
Pros: Location and cleanliness
Okay
5.0
Pros: Cheap and good location
Excellent
9.6
Pros: Hostel, location excellent, in city centre but quiet, good common areas, excellent breakfast, overall excellent value, about the best I've stayed in, in Mexico anywhere.
Excellent
10.0
Pros: Central, beautiful and comfy.
Good
7.1
Pros: Breakfast was excellent. The place was clean. The beds were comfortable.
Excellent
10.0
Pros: I enjoyed conversation with deep-feeling whole-hearted staff and the lush, unexpected oasis beside the breakfast tables, ringed with tropical trees. And the hostel's pool swum by dragon-winged koi behind reception calmed my travel frazzled nerves every time I passed through!
Excellent
8.8
Pros: The staff was great. All were willing to help. A bonus was some English speakers.
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Overall 8.4 Excellent
Based on 233 reviews
Value
10.0
Location
9.8
Service
9.7
Breakfast
9.6
Cleanliness
6.0
Room
5.0
WiFi
1.0
9.6 Excellent
Pros: The room was very clean and just paint. And the breakfast was very good. I recommend this hostel
Cons:
7.5 Good
Pros: Breakfest was really good. The location of the hostel is very central and good. The team of the hostel is very informative and helpful.
Cons: The shower was sometimes cold. There is basic design to the place and no effort or money was put into the beauty of the hostel.
7.5 Good
Pros: Location and cleanliness
Cons: Cold showers!
5.0 Okay
Pros: Cheap and good location
Cons: The window wouldn’t open in the room so the dorm was completely boiling all night!! There is no air con - me and my friend couldn’t sleep unfortunately.
9.6 Excellent
Pros: Hostel, location excellent, in city centre but quiet, good common areas, excellent breakfast, overall excellent value, about the best I've stayed in, in Mexico anywhere.
Cons: Bathroom sinks have ongoing problems with clogs. Warm water in shower is inconsistent.
10.0 Excellent
Pros: Central, beautiful and comfy.
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7.1 Good
Pros: Breakfast was excellent. The place was clean. The beds were comfortable.
Cons: No facilities to make a hot drink on arrival. The lack of toilet seats in the Ladies' toilet and one missing in the Gents' toilet. No hot water in the wash basins.
10.0 Excellent
Pros: I enjoyed conversation with deep-feeling whole-hearted staff and the lush, unexpected oasis beside the breakfast tables, ringed with tropical trees. And the hostel's pool swum by dragon-winged koi behind reception calmed my travel frazzled nerves every time I passed through!
Cons: The beds could have been softer and the bathroom could have smelled cleaner, but that comes with the territory!
8.8 Excellent
Pros: The staff was great. All were willing to help. A bonus was some English speakers.
Cons:
Paulina Youth Hostel is located in Oaxaca de Juárez, less than 10 minutes’ walk from the Main Square and the Oaxaca cathedral. Free WiFi access is available. This colonial-style property features rooms and dormitories with simple decoration. They can have a balcony, an outdoor dining area and views of the garden and the surrounding mountains. The full bathrooms are shared. Towels and linen will be provided. Paulina Youth Hostel has vending machines offering snacks and drinks. Oaxaca City Centre offers a wide variety of restaurants and places to enjoy typical cuisine of the region, Mexican dishes and international-style food. Breakfast is served on site. At Paulina Youth Hostel you will find a 24-hour front desk, a garden and a snack bar. Other facilities offered include a shared lounge, a tour desk and luggage storage. The property offers free parking. The property is 20 minutes’ drive from Monte Albán Archaeological Site, 40 minutes’ drive from Mitla and 15 minutes’ drive from the popular Tule Tree. These are some of the most attractive touristic spots around.
Providing free WiFi, Hostal Zipolite Arteaga is located in Oaxaca City, 600 metres from Downtown Oaxaca de Juarez and 8 km from Monte Alban. Featuring a sun terrace, this property is situated a short distance from Oaxaca Cathedral, Santo Domingo Temple and Food and Flea Market. The property is 2.3 km from Central Bus Station foreign buses, and within 1.1 km of the city Oaxaca Historic Centre. Tule Tree is 11 km from the guest house, while 20 de Noviembre Market is 400 metres away. The nearest airport is Oaxaca International Airport, 7 km from Hostal Zipolite Arteaga.
Overall 6.8 Good
Based on 108 reviews
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8.0
Pros: Was clean , bed was comfy enough. Staff were pleasant and gave me an extra blanket for the cold ! Shower was actually surprisingly ok and hotttt! Great location right next to the markets and squares .
Good
6.3
Pros: The hostel was in a good location next to the Benito Juarez market.
Excellent
8.8
Pros: Beds were clean and comfortable. Rooms were cleaned regularly. Great location, just a few blocks away from Zócalo.
Okay
4.2
Pros: Only the location
Okay
5.4
Pros: Cleaner lady was nice. Beds comfortable. And clean
Okay
5.4
Pros: Nice wood construction, very well located, simple but romantic room
Good
6.7
Pros: Low price, affordable, location close to the market, BUT!!.
Good
7.5
Pros: Me and my husband stayed in a private room. Before arriving I was very put off because of the number of bad reviews, but had to book this because it was last-minute and the only place left within our budget. I was so pleased to find it wasn't as bad as I was expecting, though I'm not sure what the dorms are like. In our room, the shower was hot, the sheets looked and smelled clean, though old in parts it was not really so 'dirty' as many have claimed... I never leave reviews, even if I like a place, but I thought I should be fair and give them a good review to balance all the bad ones. It's not that the room was wonderful or anything, but it was good enough for a couple of nights, it did the job, and for the price. I have OCD, and I've had to compromise quite a bit while travelling for four months because of our budget, but I felt ok in this room. Of course as everyone already says, the location is excellent. We easily got to Ethnobotanical Garden, Monte Albán, and Hierve el Agua. The staff was nice to let us cancel a booked night without making it an issue. The WiFi was perfectly fine in our room, not slow.
Good
6.3
Pros: The location is great, it's really close walk to the squares, shops and restaurants, markets. They also allowed us to leave our bags there all day as we had a night bus at 23:45.
Okay
5.0
Pros: reception guys are helpful
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Overall 6.8 Good
Based on 108 reviews
Location
9.1
Service
5.5
Comfort
4.5
WiFi
4.2
Room
3.9
Cleanliness
3.0
Vibe
2.3
8.0 Excellent
Pros: Was clean , bed was comfy enough. Staff were pleasant and gave me an extra blanket for the cold ! Shower was actually surprisingly ok and hotttt! Great location right next to the markets and squares .
Cons: Nothing to not like really . Not many people there and not much of an atmosphere . Only one electric point in the room . No kitchen
6.3 Good
Pros: The hostel was in a good location next to the Benito Juarez market.
Cons: The place was very basic. 3 beds crammed into a room with nothing on the walls, and a very dirty feeling. Saw a cockroach the 2nd night. Only 2 bathrooms on the first floor and they were constantly being used which made it difficult at times.
8.8 Excellent
Pros: Beds were clean and comfortable. Rooms were cleaned regularly. Great location, just a few blocks away from Zócalo.
Cons: Toilets and showers are combined and only two for the whole hostel, leading to queues during 'peak hours' No kitchen - would have been useful for having your own breakfast at least. No hostel ambiance. Filter water was 3pesos a liter, whereas it's free in many other hostels. Just one charging point in each dorm room.
4.2 Okay
Pros: Only the location
Cons: The dorm realy dirty, noisy and smelly. The baths are extremaly dirty
5.4 Okay
Pros: Cleaner lady was nice. Beds comfortable. And clean
Cons: Hmm not very welcoming. But it probably would have helped if we spoke more Spanish
5.4 Okay
Pros: Nice wood construction, very well located, simple but romantic room
Cons: No mousquito protection on the bed we almost did not sleep during the night Staff not very friendly One single bathroom for many guests
6.7 Good
Pros: Low price, affordable, location close to the market, BUT!!.
Cons: Though low price, the place has a lot of potential for improvements, especially cleaning of bathrooms and dorms.
7.5 Good
Pros: Me and my husband stayed in a private room. Before arriving I was very put off because of the number of bad reviews, but had to book this because it was last-minute and the only place left within our budget. I was so pleased to find it wasn't as bad as I was expecting, though I'm not sure what the dorms are like. In our room, the shower was hot, the sheets looked and smelled clean, though old in parts it was not really so 'dirty' as many have claimed... I never leave reviews, even if I like a place, but I thought I should be fair and give them a good review to balance all the bad ones. It's not that the room was wonderful or anything, but it was good enough for a couple of nights, it did the job, and for the price. I have OCD, and I've had to compromise quite a bit while travelling for four months because of our budget, but I felt ok in this room. Of course as everyone already says, the location is excellent. We easily got to Ethnobotanical Garden, Monte Albán, and Hierve el Agua. The staff was nice to let us cancel a booked night without making it an issue. The WiFi was perfectly fine in our room, not slow.
Cons: Usually, almost all places we've stayed, we are given towels, which is not necessary but it does help, so two towels would have been good. Small mirror in the bathroom would be good, though there was a large mirror in the bedroom which is definitely better than nothing. Most of the glass window in the bathroom was opaque and therefore a curtain was not installed, but it would have been better to make the top part of the glass opaque too, as I didn't feel 100% comfortable taking a shower incase people on the street on balconies across the road could possibly see me, so I stayed ducked in the shower just in case.
6.3 Good
Pros: The location is great, it's really close walk to the squares, shops and restaurants, markets. They also allowed us to leave our bags there all day as we had a night bus at 23:45.
Cons: The room we we're in was super loud because it was right next to the busy street.
5.0 Okay
Pros: reception guys are helpful
Cons: toilet was blocked and no light for couple of days floor was cleaned everyday, but not other part
Providing free WiFi, Hostal Zipolite Arteaga is located in Oaxaca City, 600 metres from Downtown Oaxaca de Juarez and 8 km from Monte Alban. Featuring a sun terrace, this property is situated a short distance from Oaxaca Cathedral, Santo Domingo Temple and Food and Flea Market. The property is 2.3 km from Central Bus Station foreign buses, and within 1.1 km of the city Oaxaca Historic Centre. Tule Tree is 11 km from the guest house, while 20 de Noviembre Market is 400 metres away. The nearest airport is Oaxaca International Airport, 7 km from Hostal Zipolite Arteaga.
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